What is the difference between an ICP license and an EDI license?

What is the difference between an ICP license and an EDI license? What is the difference between an ICP license and an EDI license? What is the difference between ICP license and EDI license? How to distinguish whether a company needs an ICP license or an EDI license?

This depends on the profit-making nature of the company’s website or APP.，Many companies don’t know whether they need an ICP license or an EDI license.，The concept of the two is very vague，Let us look at their definitions，Find out which one the company needs。

Telecommunications and Information Services Business License of the People's Republic of China (referred to as：ICP license) refers to the certificate that the organizer of a general business website applies to the local district or county.，That is, the "Telecommunications and Information Services Business License of the People's Republic of China"。 Operational ICP，The business content is mainly online advertising、Providing specific information content for a fee、E-commerce and other online application services。 The state implements a licensing system for commercial ICP。

It is stipulated that each company website must apply for an ICP license。ICP licenses are issued by local communications management departments。 Internet information service business license，Both ICP business license。According to Order No. 291 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China "Telecommunication Regulations of the People's Republic of China"、No. 292 "Internet Information Services Management Measures" ，The state implements a licensing system for ICPs that provide Internet information services。

thereby，ICP certificate becomes a license for website operation，Business websites must apply for ICP certificate，Otherwise, it is illegal business。therefore，Applying for an ICP certificate is necessary for the legal operation of corporate websites.。ICP licenses are issued by local communications management departments。

This is a definition of ICP business license，Just like Ganji.com，58In the same city and the like，They are all commercial information releases.，This type of business requires an ICP business license.，To put it simply, it is the release of information online，Of course, if it is your company’s own website，If the information is released by your own company personnel, it is not required.，But become a website where everyone can publish，This needs to be done。

"Value-Added Telecommunications Business License (Online Data Processing and Transaction Services)"，Abbreviated as "EDI Certificate" or "EDI Business License"、"EDI License"，Is operating online payment、Online order processing、Qualifications required for online electronic trading business，Approved by the Communications Administration Bureau of the province/municipality where the company is registered、issued，Business scope covers this province。

This is the EDI business license，Generally similar to Taobao、E-commerce websites like JD.com require an EDI business license.，These types of things involve online data transaction processing。To put it simply, it is a platform，Other merchants have settled in，And there are substantial transactions on the platform，This type of business requires an EDI business license.。 Do you now understand what ICP license and EDI license are?

Do you understand a lot about what kind of license your company needs to apply for? Hope these are helpful to everyone。

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